Frog Orchid (Coeloglossum viride)

 JAN  FEB  MAR  APR  MAY  JUN  JUL  AUG  SEP  OCT  NOV  DEC

BACK TO Back To Homepage Back To Flowers and Plants

Family Orchidaceae

Data Table

Flower c 3-5 mm wide.

Sepals and petals form a streaky greenish or brownish hood, apart from the lowest petal which forms a greenish or brownish hanging strap about 4-8 mm long, three-lobed at the tip.

Other features: Flowers have very short spur, c 2 mm. Lower leaves broad, upper narrower, all leaves unspotted.Uncommon in alkaline grassland or on rock ledges